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a certa ratione proficiscito be based on a sound principle.Rate it:

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aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)a sound judicial system.Rate it:

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amateur hourA situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you YIndicates a threat of imminent danger. X is often limited to words having something to do with space. Y is a sound made by humans, especially 'scream'.Rate it:

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as loud as thunderThe thunder is the loudest natural sound ever known so there is nothing as loud as a thunder naturallyRate it:

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beat outTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.Rate it:

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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:

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bleep outTo censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep.Rate it:

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blow the whistleTo make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.Rate it:

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bud upTo don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.Rate it:

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bunged uppronounced with a hard "G" sound, not a "j" sound; injured, mangled; usually used to mean a bodily injury; often said by small children and often with the word "all" in front of the phraseRate it:

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chuThe sound of a kiss.Rate it:

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clip clopsound of a horse walkingRate it:

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dead airAn unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.Rate it:

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dial it up/dial it downdial it up is to increase or escalate tensions or volume (sound); dial it down is to decrease or de-escalate tensions or volume (sound)Rate it:

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dial it up/downdial it up is to increase or escalate tensions or volume (sound); dial it down is to decrease or de-escalate tensions or volume (sound)Rate it:

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dickyAn insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.Rate it:

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dicky-birdAn insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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dicky-birdA insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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doctrina exquisita, subtilis, eleganssound knowledge; scholarship.Rate it:

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elegantia in illo esthe possesses sound judgment in matters of taste.Rate it:

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empty vessels make the most soundnoisy, opinionated people are often stupid.Rate it:

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everything happens for a reasonAll events are purposeful.Everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as failure. Mary-Kate OlsenPeople like to say "everything happens for a reason." If you repeat that in your head long enough that starts to sound like "anything can happen with a razor." Laura KightlingerI believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn. Drew BarrymoreRate it:

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false alarmA warning sound which turns out to have been erroneous.Rate it:

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fingernails on a chalkboarda phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like thatRate it:

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Give Me FiveTo hit or slap your open hand to greet or rejoice something, as a gesture of sound agreementRate it:

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go with the flowTo act as others are acting, conforming to common behavior patterns with an attitude of calm acceptance.Rate it:

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homines graves (opp. leves)men of sound opinions.Rate it:

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I can't hear you over the sound ofSaid to dismiss what the interlocutor is saying.Rate it:

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il a bon pied, bon œilHe is sound, wind and limb; He is hale and hearty.Rate it:

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In the PinkIn good health, enjoying sound health emotionally and physicallyRate it:

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inanis verborum sonitusmere words; empty sound.Rate it:

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je l'ai rossé de la belle manière (fam.)I gave him a sound thrashing.Rate it:

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je lui laverai la tête (pop.)I will give it to him; I will give him a sound drubbing.Rate it:

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jump ropeThe activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.Rate it:

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key offTo collide with ; or connect to an object with a degree of force and soundRate it:

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know which end is upTo possess sound judgment or common sense; to have a clear understanding of a situation.Rate it:

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laugh like a drainTo laugh with a loud, coarse soundRate it:

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let outOf sound, to emit.Rate it:

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level-headedSensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.Rate it:

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lie ill in one's mouthTo sound artificial or contradictory.Rate it:

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate it:

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listen to her purradmiring the sound of a boat or car motorRate it:

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music to someone's earsSome good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.Rate it:

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nulla vox est ab eo auditano sound passed his lips.Rate it:

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on a regular basisRegularly, occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.Rate it:

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on an irregular basisIrregularly, occurring in irregular time intervals or patterns.Rate it:

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one brick short of a full loadNot mentally sound; insane.Rate it:

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orationes Catonis antiquitatem redolent (Brut. 21. 82)Cato's speeches sound archaic.Rate it:

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play by earTo play guided by one's memory of the sound, rather than from a written score.Rate it:

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